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Ashley Walters, Will Young and Tom Daley joined Clara Amfo and Roman Kemp on The One Show to chat about their latest ventures. During the conversation about their various television

appearances, Ashley was asked if he would consider being on the BBC series Who Do You Think You Are? To the surprise of hosts Roman and Clara, Ashley disclosed that he had been approached by

the show's producers before they decided against featuring him. Ashley shared: "I would love to if they let me." He elaborated on his earlier remark, adding:

"Interesting story, they approached me about doing the show and went and did about a year's worth of research and then said, 'no, we're not going to do it.'"

Clara enquired: "Any further feedback?" to which Ashley responded: "No, they did give me the documents but I haven't read them, I haven't gone into the box yet so I

don't know why. I nearly got there but I was on the cusp. "Maybe a new project for next year," Clara suggested, "Go through the archives." This disclosure came as

Will Young, who is featured in the upcoming episode of Who Do You Think You Are? talked about his own emotional journey on the show. Will, appearing on The One Show, discussed the poignant

moments he experienced while delving into his family history, reports the Mirror. He recounted: "I didn't know anything about my grandfather apart from that he died when my Dad was

15 and under questionable circumstances. "A lot of people had PTSD after the war, we didn't know, my Dad and my Aunt didn't know, that his plane went down at the beginning of

the war and he was in a concentration camp for five years, that's all I knew. "But it was just wonderful - to not spoil it - go from having one grandfather who I knew growing up

and now feeling like I have two. I still have this photo in my study and I just feel like I know him. "I have a tattoo of his plane and his squadron and you start finding similarities

with your family - even people you didn't know. "That's what is real interesting. We had certain characteristics and it was very moving. It was terribly moving for my father

and my Aunt because he was sort of portrayed as a bit of a loser and he was literally anything but a loser. My Dad rang me up in tears saying, 'You've given me a

father.'"